The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - France |
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Page 150
... success , to find , that we have done no great matters in this . Many causes may be assigned for our present weakness in that oldest and most excellent branch of philo- sophy , poetical learning , and particularly in what regards the ...
... success , to find , that we have done no great matters in this . Many causes may be assigned for our present weakness in that oldest and most excellent branch of philo- sophy , poetical learning , and particularly in what regards the ...
Page 156
... successful step they should take against him ought rather to fill the audience with horrour than pleasure and mirth ; and if in the conclusion their plots should be baffled , even this would come too late to pre- vent that ill ...
... successful step they should take against him ought rather to fill the audience with horrour than pleasure and mirth ; and if in the conclusion their plots should be baffled , even this would come too late to pre- vent that ill ...
Page 168
... petuous courage , by which that nation was distin- guished , had no permanent success . They were altogether unskilful either in improving their victories , I. victories , or repairing their defeats . But the 168 AN ABRIDGMENT OF.
... petuous courage , by which that nation was distin- guished , had no permanent success . They were altogether unskilful either in improving their victories , I. victories , or repairing their defeats . But the 168 AN ABRIDGMENT OF.
Page 174
... success into a general action in the open field . Here the disciplined troops obtained an easy and complete victory ; and the Britains were taught the errour of their conduct at the expense of a terrible slaughter . Some Twice defeated ...
... success into a general action in the open field . Here the disciplined troops obtained an easy and complete victory ; and the Britains were taught the errour of their conduct at the expense of a terrible slaughter . Some Twice defeated ...
Page 176
... success . Cæsar forced some of their strongest intrenchments ; and then carried the war directly into the territories of Cassibelan . * The only fordable passage , which he could find over the Thames , was defended by a row of palisa ...
... success . Cæsar forced some of their strongest intrenchments ; and then carried the war directly into the territories of Cassibelan . * The only fordable passage , which he could find over the Thames , was defended by a row of palisa ...
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